Results 17,601-17,620 of 21,514 for speaker:Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (31 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Does the Minister agree it is time to review the benchmarking against which social welfare payments are set in order to ensure they are adequate to meet the cost of living needs — I emphasise "needs" — of those dependent on social welfare payments and their children? Did the Minister examine the report produced last year by the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice? If so, can he...

Data Protection. (31 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Given that there seems to be some uncertainty as to the number of such abuses — while the Minister spoke of a number of cases of which he is aware, he must accept that there may be many more cases of which he is not aware or which have not yet come to light — in trying to address all these issues, what additional security measures has the Department introduced to prevent the disclosure of...

Pension Provisions. (31 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am mindful of the Minister's previous response in respect of targeting those most in need. In this context, does he not agree that the current tax incentives surrounding pension provision are skewed in the interests of those who are able to afford pensions or are the most well off, with a resultant significant cost to the Exchequer, and that they are ineffective policy instruments in terms...

Orders of Reference of Committees: Motion (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 1: To insert betweeen lines 6 and 7— "Select Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food that the Orders of Reference of the following Select Committees be amended in paragraph (1)(a) by the deletion of '11 members' and the substitution therefor of '15 members': I submitted an amendment and I regret that the Journal Office has produced and arranged for the circulation...

Orders of Reference of Committees: Motion (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Ceann Comhairle must appreciate that we did not see the motion until this morning. The amendment was tabled in time and I am not here to look for concessions or sweets from anybody's trolley, only for fair play and justice.

Orders of Reference of Committees: Motion (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The net effect of my amendment would be that the motion would have the introductory paragraph extending the membership from 11 to 13 of two committees, namely the Select Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, and the Select Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and that the like paragraph would extend the membership from 11 to 15 in the Select...

Orders of Reference of Committees: Motion (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am asking for full support.

Orders of Reference of Committees: Motion (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I must now advise the House that the second circulated text of the amendment is also wrong. Will the Ceann Comhairle confirm that the correct text will be recorded in the Official Report?

Appointment of Members to Committees: Motion. (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed. I object to the appointment of Members to the committee to the exclusion of any Member and to the process of selection of Members that has been employed by this House.

Order of Business (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I, too, submitted a request and understand at least one other colleague of mine did so.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek to adjourn the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to address the following matter of urgent national importance, namely, the need for the Minister of State responsible for children, Deputy Brendan Smith, to suspend immediately the introduction of the community child care subvention scheme pending an urgent review, in full consultation with the community and voluntary child care sector, in...

Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It is not agreed to. What was presented on Tuesday and again this morning represents a travesty of democracy. We are being asked this morning to approve motions on changes to the orders of reference of select committees such that "11 members", as originally intended, would become "13 members" in two instances only in order to accommodate one party political representation in this House. I...

Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is the situation in which I find myself.

Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Sinn Féin's justice spokesman, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, is in a similar position because he is not being accommodated in the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights.

Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Deputy Ó Snodaigh's record of work on the justice committee——

Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: ——can stand up to the scrutiny of Deputy Johnny Brady or anybody else in this Chamber or elsewhere. It has been acknowledged and applauded by people representing a wide spectrum of opinion. It is time to face those facts. Sinn Féin's spokesman on agriculture and food, Deputy Ferris, who also has some other roles, has not been offered access to any committee.

Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Government is proposing to allow some Deputies to access two or more committees, while other sitting Dáil representatives who have an excellent record of attendance and involvement in the committee system are being excluded and denied access to their rightful places. It is a travesty and totally undemocratic. There is no way we will support the processing of these two motions without...

Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I need to reflect.

Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I need to reflect.

Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Oct 2007)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: With respect, a Cheann Comhairle——